June 1, 1917 to November 30, 1917

With World War 1 underway the price of copper had tripled in comparison to before the war. Even with the price increase of copper, the wages of the miners however, stayed the same. The copper mine owners were hoarding the proceeds. Many of the copper miners were immigrants or children of immigrants and saw the hierarchy between the first class owners and they themselves as the working middle class....

On July 12th, 1917 about 1,200 people were deported from Bisbee, Arizona and the event was orchestrated by the major mining company Phelps Dodge. The Bisbee deportation was not just a localized event, but instead one that involved many cities in Arizona. Tucson was just one of the cities that monitored Bisbee heavily and supported the deportation. The Tucson Citizen, one of the local...

In the aftermath of the strike and deportation of workers in the booming town of Bisbee, Arizona, President Woodrow Wilson set up the Federal Mediation Commission to investigate the events in detail. In the commissions’ published report, it states that on July 12, 1917, the Bisbee Deportation was an embarrassment for industrial peace and that it, “Deeply affected the opinions of laboring men,...

Residents of Carmel, New York, woke up on Friday, November 30, 1917, to a letter to the editor on the Putnam County Courier’s front page from an advocate for woman’s suffrage, Mrs. C.A Hopkins. In her comment, Hopkins explained that men should be recognized for their valor during The Great War, but also argued that women should be appreciated as well. Hopkins wrote, “I feel...

On August 3rd, 1917, Mrs. De Saulles, a wife and mother in New York City, murdered her husband, shooting him dead after he threatened to take their son away. In a surprising turn of events, however, Mrs. De Saulle’s defense team claimed that she suffered from shell shock, a psychological condition associated with soldiers who had experienced bombing in the Great War. The New York Times...

Harvey W. Wiley, former chief chemist in the United States Agriculture department, stood in the auditorium of Massachusetts Agricultural College in May, 1917, in Amherst, Massachusetts. His subject was, “The Great Fundamental Industry eating, eating, eating”1. According to Wiley, in order to produce enough food to feed the country, the farmer, “must pay the highest price for whatever...

World War I impacted millions of people and their environment. After hostilities erupted in Europe in 1914, the United States maintained an official stance of neutrality. But American industry recognized an opportunity, and provided a variety of supplies to warring nations. The German strategy of unrestricted submarine warfare made neutrality impossible, however. The United States declared war on...